Fast Track to Success: Jameila Pitts Completes UT Martin Degree in Just Three Years

Martin, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-At least one of the UT Martin graduates who received their diplomas on May 4 started their college career while still in high school. Jameila Pitts received a degree in health and human performance and plans to pursue a master’s degree in occupational therapy. Pitts earned her degree in three years on the UT Martin campus after taking 27 hours of dual enrollment courses at Halls High School in Lauderdale County. Pitts is from the city of Halls, and she said there are mixed feelings about leaving UT Martin. “My senior year has been great, but it’s kind of sad because I don’t want to leave,” she said. “Most people say your senior year is really stressful, but I feel like my senior year has been easy – just school and going to work (at the Office of Student Life).” Pitts is the first vice president for the Eta Xi Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and is a member of Women of Excellence, the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, Black Student Association and SHAPE Club (Sport, Health, Athletics and Physical Education). She is also a senator-at-large for the Student Government Association for the College of...